As a church-related university noted for academic excellence and service-learning, we’re well positioned to prepare and equip students through academic preparation, spiritual formation and experimental learning.

学术准备

• A broad-based liberal arts education aims to expand your mind, enlarge your horizons and help you develop critical thinking skills
• The Central Curriculum encourages you to cross boundaries between disciplines and integrate the various fields of learning
• 主修和副修宗教, philosophy and other disciplines are especially appropriate for those preparing for lay or ordained ministry
• Susquehanna’s ethos that encourages intellectual growth, 促进个人发展, and values creativity and imagination
• A highly qualified, committed and caring faculty provides strong advising and individual mentoring

精神的形成

• An extensive and energetic religious life program
• Multiple worship opportunities on campus, and in numerous congregations in the community
• Organized and informal opportunities to cultivate a life of faithful prayer, 反射, 服务与行动
• Vocational counseling and mentoring with the chaplain
• Life in close community with others-some holding beliefs and values consistent with your own, others subscribing to divergent beliefs and values

从实践经验中学习

• Abundant leadership opportunities in a variety of religious life organizations, programs and events
• Internships, externships and practica through the Department of Religion and Philosophy
• The 学生 Deacon Program in the Chaplain’s Office
• Winter, spring and summer break service learning trips
• 推广部门

You’ll benefit from close cooperation between the chaplain and members of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. These faculty members are available to assist you with course selection, internship/externship/practica possibilities, exploring the nature of the call to ministry and discovering opportunities for professional service in the church.

A vocational discernment library as well as the catalogs of a number of seminaries are available in the Office of the Chaplain. 每年, the Office of the Chaplain hosts a Church Vocations Day for seminary admissions officers and interested students.

应届毕业生

• Seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
• The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
• The Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
• The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• 三一路德神学院
• 瓦特堡路德神学院
• 路德神学院
• Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
• Seminaries of other denominations and traditions
• 普林斯顿神学院
• >Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
• >Wheaton Graduate School of Theology
• 伊甸神学院
• 俄亥俄州卫理公会神学院
• 北公园神学院

当你在萨斯奎汉纳大学注册时, you’ll be paired with an advisor and application tool to guide you in your course planning and scheduling. 以下是节选自 完整课程目录. Enrolled students follow the requirements of the course catalog for the academic year in which they declare each major and/or minor, consult with their advisor(s) and the 学术策划工具.

部长和教会职业

Susquehanna has a special interest in preparing students for service in the church. This service can include the ordained ministry, 教区工作, 执事的部, social ministry and ministry in music. These career goals typically require graduate study.

Preparation for graduate theological study, ministry and church occupations includes academic instruction, spiritual maturation and experiential learning. Although students may 主修任何专业, they are encouraged to emphasize the broadening aspects of the liberal arts. 除了, preministerial students are advised to study a language likely to be spoken by those whom they may be called to serve (e.g. Spanish studies for those with an interest in ministry areas with significant Latino/Hispanic populations).

Susquehanna’s historic relationship with the Lutheran Church (ELCA) attracts many students to its service, but graduates have also entered service in many other denominations. The university chaplain can give advice on the many options available in this area.